Renata PoltFilmSan Francisco,
It’s back: the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, the oldest and still the largest festival of its kind, has returned after last year’s pandemic-related hiatus. Well, let’s modify that: it’s back with caveats. Only ...
Kenyan sculptor Wangechi Mutu &
Last Supper in Pompeii: From the Table to the Grave
Emily S. MendelArt & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
The dramatic account of Pompeii’s last days before the deadly AD 79 eruption is explored in this dramatic yet ultimately melancholy exhibit that focuses on the Pompeiians’ normal daily activities of eating and drinking. San ...
Emily S. MendelTheaterSan Francisco,
“The Waves in Quarantine,” Berkeley Rep’s artistic and impressionistic, although somewhat puzzling, series of six linked documentary films, was shot during the pandemic. The project’s foundation is the 1990 musical adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 1931 experimental novel, “The Waves.” ...
Emily S. MendelTheaterSan Francisco,
This remarkable English language presentation of the 1906 Yiddish play, "God of Vengeance" ("Got Fun Nekome")was written by Sholem Asch (1880–1957), the prolific and popular Polish-born fiction writer. Returning after a successful short run in ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
Program 03’s curator has posed several challenges as well as questions for the reviewer. Three contemporary story ballets overload one program. It takes at least two viewings to appreciate them in a filmed format. Two of the three, "Symphony ...
Filmed play streaming on-demand through April 3rd, 2021
Emily S. MendelEtcSan Francisco,
The streaming production of “[hieroglyph]” is the story of a bright, artistic, but traumatized 13-year-old girl, Davis (outstandingly impressive work by Jamella Cross), who had to leave New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. While her mother remained in a FEMA ...
Emily S. MendelArt & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
San Francisco’s newly re-opened de Young Museum is hosting the first American showing of a major exhibition, “Calder-Picasso.” It’s an exciting view of more than 100 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs investigating the surprising affinities between Alexander Calder (American, ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
It’s rare to see a Balanchine-choreographed story ballet, let alone one featuring a plotline as serpentine as Shakespeare’s impishly comic “Midsummer Night’s Dream.” In this interpretation, Shakespeare and Balanchine conspire to lampoon all manner of hierarchy, tasking the prankster ...
Paula FarmerFilmSan Francisco,
Film festivals in the time of Corona Virus are varied and limited. Some festivals chose to cancel altogether for this year, while a few, like the New York Film Festival, went completely virtual. The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) ...
Emily S. MendelArt & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
After six endlessly long months of closure, four San Francisco Museums, the de Young Museum (opening September 25, 2020), the Asian Art Museum (October 3, 2020), SFMOMA (October 4, 2020), and The Contemporary Jewish Museum (October 17, 2020) are ...
![The cast of [hieroglyph] (L-R): Safiya Fredericks, Khary L. Moye, Jamella Cross, and Anna Marie Sharpe. Presented by San Francisco Playhouse and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre,](https://culturevulture.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hieroglyph_Jessica-Palopoli16-scaled-1.jpg "The cast of [hieroglyph] (L-R): Safiya Fredericks, Khary L. Moye, Jamella Cross, and Anna Marie Sharpe. Presented by San Francisco Playhouse and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre,")
